Lucas worked for a long time and as a result he completely lost track of time. He was finally aware of how late it was when Dave came to check on him. After a short discussion, he left the office building and went back home.
When he opened his front door, the first thing that greeted him was the delicious smell of food. When he smelled dinner his stomach automatically complained. When he walked into the living room, he found Jen completely immersed in her books and only looked up because she heard him set his things on the sofa.
"You"re back" Jen said with a welcoming smile before standing up. She walked towards him and gave a kiss on his lips before hugging him.
"Long day?" she asked.
"Mmmh, I missed you" Lucas said in response making Jen look up at him with a smile.
"So did I, go wash up, i"ll go reheat the food, you must be hungry" Jen said before she stepped out of his embrace and went to the kitchen. Lucas watched her retreating figure before he too carried his things upstairs to freshen up.
Lucas came back downstairs after twenty minutes only wearing his pajama pants with a towel slung across his shoulders since his hair was still slightly damp.
He sat on one of the long stools on the kitchen counter and watched as Jen arranged the food there instead of the dining table. She handed him a plate and some utensils and a gla.s.s of freshly squeezed juice before she too sat next to him so that they can eat together.
"You haven"t eaten yet?" Lucas asked as he watched her serve herself a plate of food.
"How can I while you are hungry, I was waiting for you" Jen said as she put some vegetables on her plate. Since it was already late her appet.i.te had also reduced immensely.
"Don"t go hungry on my account, just eat" Lucas said worriedly.
"I would, but how can I eat while you are hungry? Just remember i"ll skip my meals with you from now on" Jen said deliberately burdening Lucas making him speechless. She then proceeded to pack his plate with vegetables too and sat down to eat next to each other.
"How is Michael doing?" Jen asked curiously since the boy seemed to be even more attentive in cla.s.s.
"I"m a.s.suming he is alright since I haven"t received any complaints from Dave" Lucas said as he elegantly ate his food.
"That"s good, he has recently become more enthusiastic in cla.s.s and even asks questions" Jen commented.
"I understand his enthusiasm, he is probably curious about what he is applying in his actual working environment. If you want, I can make you my secretary too so you can benefit like he is" Lucas said jokingly.
"You"ll just take advantage of me at every opportunity, besides, I didn"t know you allowed nepotism" Jen teased back.
"Nepotism? then Miss Larson, are you saying that you are a family member? Wife perhaps?" Lucas teased and Jen decided to keep quiet since she was embarra.s.sed for some reason.
Lucas chuckled at her reaction but stopped teasing her. The two of them quickly finished their dinner and Lucas washed the dishes as Jen made some tea for them to aid digestion since they had eaten so late.
The two of them took a cup each and went to the living room. As they sat there, Jen couldn"t help but wonder whether she should get a carpet for the living room floor at least. She always wants to sit on the floor but the marble would freeze her stiff. She doesn"t even dare to walk around barefoot.
"Jen" Lucas called as he set down the cup he was holding before pulling her into his arms.
"Mmh," Jen said as she leaned on his naked chest feeling comfortably warm.
"I talked to my father today" Lucas said as he placed his chin on her shoulder so that their faces were next to each other.
"Oh? How is he?" Jen asked goodnaturedly thinking that he was just making small talk.
"He is fine, but he had something to talk to me about" Lucas replied.
"Do you want to share?" Jen asked when she felt like he was hesitating.
"If I felt I had a choice I wouldn"t but I have to let you know" Lucas said with dread making Jen feel anxious.
"It"s nothing like a business marriage and we have to break up right?" Jen asked turning her head to look at him. When Lucas heard her he felt like laughing but he knew she was being serious and she would not be amused by him.
"It"s nothing like that, i"m a Lewis, I don"t need a business marriage" Lucas replied.
"Then what is it? you"re just making me anxious" Jen asked impatiently.
"It"s about the stalker, I found out who it is from my father" Lucas said.
"He knew about the issue? Did you tell him about it? How embarra.s.sing" Jen said thinking about what impression has of her, now that he found out that there was a lovestruck fool who had been following her around for years.
"I didn"t tell him, but he found out because his father contacted mine" Lucas said.
"Huh?" Jen said in confusion.
"The stalker"s father and my father were old friends. I met him a couple of times when we were young and he was a good man who really doted on his child. It seems as though his son ran away from home with the intention of following you around so lost contact with him over the years until a few days ago when he went to look for his father for help" Lucas explained.
Jen on the other hand, was completely stumped, what was with this kind of coincidence? She felt like someone was joking around with her.
"So what you"re telling me is that your father and the stalker"s father are old friends?" Jen asked.
"Mmmh" Lucas replied.
"So what did his father want?" Jen asked.
"He wanted us to be more lenient with him" Lucas said.
"Lenient? it"s not like we were plotting a murder right?" Jen asked as if trying to confirm that they were talking about the same thing.
"I know, that"s why I told father I won"t stop the search or make any decisions without consulting you" Lucas replied.
"Oh" Jen said and stayed silent for a while.
She couldn"t help but feel like like Bruce was pitiful seeing as he invested a lot of time, money and emotions on a useless son. She also envied Greg for having such a loving and accepting father that even after such a huge blunder, he was still willing to lower himself to him out of the mess he made for himself. As she continued thinking along those lines she got more and more indignant.
"Find him, even if we won"t kill him, the brat needs to learn a lesson. He can"t do something so outrageous and get out of it scot free" Jen said.
"Were you planning on having him killed?" Lucas asked with raised eyebrows.
"Um… no.. it"s just a figure of speech" Jen said after she realised how ruthless she sounded making Lucas laugh.
"I"ll tell father about your decision." Lucas said and kissed her cheek.
"I just want you to scare him, maybe throw him around a bit. I don"t want him to be injured too much since he technically hasn"t done anything to me yet, but I want him to be too scared to dare attempt this again" Jen said.
Lucas understood her intentions so he just nodded in agreement.